Melissa M. (MemoRandom) reviewed on 1/17/2011 + 77 more book reviews

This author's strength lies in developing his characters and making us actually care what happens to them. And he accomplishes this feat with spare prose as he describes scenes and conversations from the Every Day of the every day world. A rare talent! When the pregnant high school girl was locked out of her house by her mother, I felt it viscerally. I could sense how cold and dark it was on that porch. And I've never been a pregnant high school girl, or been deliberately locked out by anyone!

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